Ex-Headmaster
Sues Sparks: The former headmaster of a private school founded
by novelist Nicholas Sparks says the author and other school leaders forced him
out when he tried to recruit black students and faculty and supported a bullied
group of gay students, and on Thursday he sued for damages.
Colorado School
Board Retreats: After two weeks of demonstrations and a fierce
backlash across Colorado and beyond, the Jefferson County school board scrapped
its controversial curriculum-review, which proposed avoiding lessons that
condoned “civil disorder, social strife or disregard of the law.”
The World's
Oldest Book Doodles: Historian Erik Kwakkel has spent years at
Leiden University in the Netherlands examining some of the world's oldest books
and manuscripts. Among his discoveries: the smiley face goes back centuries.
Heaney's Last
Poem: Seamus Heaney’s last poem, which he completed 10 days
before his death, will be published in a National Gallery of Ireland anthology.
Hunger Games on
the Underground: Armed with their Oyster cards, London commuters
began a quest for Hunger Games novels scattered throughout the Tube this
morning.
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